macbook

bem apanhada esta ideia do macbook - chopsticks.
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quite cool this macbook - chopsticks


via kirai

on solitude

if you live with someone else (a friend, a housemate, a spouse or parents) you may have felt like you don't have a minute alone. i sure have. i work in an open space, my work involves talking to people all day and when i get home the time is too short to shut away and not talk (and of course i enjoy my boyfriends' company and conversations a lot!). very often the world is just too much and i feel i need to escape some place (i always imagine some house by the beach or in the countryside) and just be alone. let my mind float without interruptions, face myself and my fears and just be. and listen to beach house on and on and on.

so i'm home alone this week while my beloved is travelling and while i could keep daydreaming of the house-by-the-beach i'm enjoying these days alone in our place a lot (although still missing my love so much).
because solitude is not loneliness. and it's good to learn to spend time with yourself.

and speaking of solitude i must share a wonderful video where poet/singer/songwriter Tanya Davis performs a beautiful poem written by her.

calendar for 2011

queridos leitores,

é com muito gosto que vos apresento o vosso calendário para 2011 que preparei com imenso prazer. é inteiramente dedicado ao japão, 12 meses preenchidos com delicadas imagens a preto e branco tiradas por mim neste país fascinante!

janeiro/fevereiro/março - january/february/march

 abril/maio/junho - april/may/june


quando pendurado o calendário mede cerca de 30x43 cm (aproximadamente um A3).
o preço é 15€ mas eu tenho uma pequena oferta:
quem fizer a encomendar até dia 15 de Novembro, eu ofereço um desconto de 10% e portes de correio gratuitos. é para aproveitar! um calendário é uma excelente prenda de natal. é só enviarem-me um e-mail para letterstosushilover [at] gmail.com.

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dear readers,


i have prepared a lovely calendar for 2011. it's interely dedicated to japan, 12 months full of delicated black & white glimpses of that amazing country. all images were captured by me.

julho/agosto/setembro - july/august/september



outubro/novembro/dezembro - october/november/december


when hanged the calendar is about 30x43cm (the size of an A3)
the price is 15€ but i have a little sweet surprise for you:
if you place your order until 15th November, i'm offering 10% discount and free shipping.
don't miss it, a calendar is a wonderful christmas gift. just send me an e-mail to letterstosushilover [at] gmail.com.

photoautomat

is automatic fun!

berlin - walk and see

the museum for rescued letters. www.buchstabenmuseum.de




pergamon museum. a-m-a-z-i-n-g.

berlin underground

berlin - shop shop

i want this tea set but i left there at the flea market of boxhagener platz.


muji muji muji. do you believe if i tell you i get emotional in this shop? so much simplicity, so much design, so much thought, so much japan. (it's finally opening in lisbon but i would prefer to fly to japan just to get one of this pens)


modulor shop. this shop has EVERYTHING for me and for your creative mind. material total, so they say and it's true. best of it: they sell online and ship worldwide.

berlin - eat and drink

taiwanese capuccino (someplace near boxhagener platz)


at kaffee mitte. (the black circles are actually devices that light and beep when your food is ready so you can go inside and get it!)


i don't know if you're crazy about ritter sport like me but even if you aren't you would go crazy at this shop in berlin where you can make any kind of ritter sport you can imagine!


even if it's cold, you just wanna sit outside in the sun.


oh sausages, sausages! this is the berlin typical, currywurst. yammi

autumn leaves

autumn leaves

autumn leaves

the seasons in portugal can be quite boring: it's always summer and suddenly starts raining and get's cold. one thing that always bothered me was that trees are almost always green. so i was pretty excited to see autumn in germany when leaves get beautiful colored in yellow, red and orange. and i was pretty lucky!

the divine comedy

eu ADORO o neil hannon desde o dia em que o meu irmão trouxe para casa "a short album about love". nessa altura ele era o meu guru musical e costumava comprar imensos cd's. em casa eu ouvia e, se gostasse, pagava por metade do cd (que generosa!). lembro-me que com este cd dos divine comedy eu quis logo comprar o cd todo. foi o início de um longo amor.

este ano os divine comedy lançaram um album novo: "bang goes the knigthood" e é bastante bom. ouvi-o sem parar e disse ao meu namorado: "sabes, estou um bocado chateada que os divine comedy não toquem em portugal há tanto tempo e gostava mesmo de o ouvir. e que tal procurarmos um concerto numa cidade europeia qualquer que também queiramos visitar?". "boa!" respondeu ele (♥). Vimos então a tour europeia que estava marcada e escolhemos paris - não seria maravilhoso ver o concerto em paris! mas depois veio o verão e estávamos demasiado ocupados para nos lembrarmos dos bilhetes. quando percebemos que era melhor despachar-mo-nos já era tarde demais, o concerto em paris estava esgotado! bolas! imediatamente fomos ver que outras opções tínhamos e agora já havia também berlim! excelente! comprámos os bilhetes e depois o voo e fomos até berlim.

este é um vídeo do concerto em berlim, no momento mais insólito do concerto. se seguirem o link do you tube no canal deste utilizador está literalmente TODO o concerto.

nota 1: eu não acho que os the divine comedy são a melhor banda do mundo, só sinto que as músicas são perfeitas para mim.

nota 2: pouco tempo depois de comprarmos os bilhetes para berlin foram anunciados dois concertos em lisboa (e agora mais dois no norte!). :D bom, não há fome que não dê em fartura e também já tenho bilhetes para lisboa!

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i LOVE neil hannon since the day my brother brought home "a short album about love". at that time he was my musical guru and used to buy all the cd's. at home i would listen and, if i liked it, i would pay for half the cd (very generous of me!). i recall arguing that i wanted to pay for all the divine comedy cd. that was the beginning of a beautiful love.


so earlier this year the divine comedy release a new album "bang goes the knigthood" and it's pretty good. i listened over and over and then i told my boyfriend "you know, i'm disappointed that the divine comedy haven't played in portugal for so long, and i really missed it. shall we find a concert somewhere in a european city we want to go too?", "of course!" he replied (oh, how i adore him!). so we checked the european tour and choose paris - wouldn't it be great to watch a concert in paris. then summer came and we were too busy getting sun tanned and we never bought the tickets. when we realize we should hurry, it was too late, the concert in paris was sold out! damn! so imediately we checked our other options and berlin was so obvious! we bought the tickets and then the flight and then we went to berlin.
this is a video from the concert in berlin. if you follow the you tube link to this user's page you watch the ENTIRE show!





note 1: i don't think the divine comedy are the best band in the world, i just feel that almost every song is right for me.
note 2: shortly after we bought the berlin tickets, the divine comedy announced two concerts in lisbon. :D well, you can't never have too much so i bought new tickets for lisbon too.

liebe

ich liebe berlin
ich liebe adidas
ich liebe dich

berlin

it´s cold and leaves are yellow, red and green. i´m in love.

daydreaming about berlin

image by werner kunz

i'm daydreaming about berlin, where i'm headed in two days. it's been 9 (!!!) years since last time. i was there with my norwegian classmates for our architecture project site recognition and now, totally by chance, i'll be staying at a friend's place near the same site.

since the day i left i wanted to return and now i can't wait to get on the plane!

i remeber finding it hard to capture an image of berlin, it's so big and complex but i'm sure my camera will shoot a lot! especially if i find (as i'm hoping) beautiful autumn leaves...

if you have any reccomendations please let me know in the comments! danke!

vertigem

I am again rushing through the days. I urge for the day I will feel less restless, but I guess that day will never come, will it?

all is full of love #3

all is full of love #2
all is full of love #1

write me a letter, please

adorable japanese inflatable letter set as seen in the adorable blog upon a fold.

dark dark dark

saiu água dos meus olhos. o meu teste pessoal para a beleza de uma música.
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there were tears in my eyes. my personal test for music's beauty.


obrigada. obrigada. obrigada.

10/10/10

hoje é um dia único. tão especial que tive que fazer qualquer coisa: fiz um bolo, preparei um chá e servi tudo neste lindo serviço japonês, usado pela primeira vez.
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a unique day today. so special i had to something: i baked a cake, prepared some tea and served it in this beautiful japanese porcelain for the first time.